Like the early rock n roll, blues and rhythm and blues which have influenced it, "The House That Dirt Built" is larger than life, funny, terrifying and occasionally beautiful. Since then the Heavy have toured the world and, where the first record was sample-based, the new one is much more a product of working as a band. Mixed and produced by Jim Abiss (best known for his work on the first Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Kasabian) and with Noisettes input on three tracks (The Heavy toured with them and have all became firm friends), "The House That Dirt Built" represents a huge step forward from an already fantastic debut in "Great Vengeance & Furious Fire". "Stuck," shows that for all the wide-eyed madness, the Heavy can also come out with the most affecting love songs which effortlessly combine their many influences into something both completely new and utterless timeless. "What You Want Me to Do" combines the intensity of Hendrix with an obia ceremony. "Love Like That" is King Jammys updated Final tune. "Cause for Alarm" is a reggae/2 Tone stepper, all crunched up and beaten-up for size. "Long Way from Home" is punk-blues of genuine yearning. "No Time" combines a filthy break with thundering riffing about losing the love that was supposed to be forever. "Short Change Hero" is an epic Spaghetti Western love song calling on the youth to drop their tools. "Sixteen" channels the ghost of Screamin Jay into a tawdry tale of Satan and his young bride. Like the early rock ‘n’ roll, blues and rhythm and blues which have influenced it, The House That Dirt Built is larger than life, funny, terrifying and occasionally beautiful. Main single, "How You Like Me Now" is pure voodoo-funk. Since then The Heavy have toured the world and, where the first record was sample-based, the new one is much more a product of working as a band. "Oh No! Not You Again" starts things off, hitting like the garage-punk monster it is, Shingae Shoniwa of the Noisettes offering up the backing vox on a tune which sounds like Little Richard posssessed by the devil and turned up to 11. It will, though, be the best party you've ever been to. Nobody said it was going to be a spread from "Hello" magazine.
And if a little blood gets spilled then that's just how it is. Now they'd like to welcome you into their beautiful home for a little nose around, a kind of party if you like. Or 'Love Like That' which easily has the worst production and mixing on the entire album. Like the bass on 'Stuck' being way too loud for a slow, calmly written song. With a background in the joys of sampling and a foreground in scuzzy guitar, bass and beaten up drums, with schizo music tastes and a West Country pace, they've been building brick by dirty brick. Some of the production choices are catchy and groovy, but the mixing sounds obviously unfinished.
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